diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a89a532b3a8..51e4d975db7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "git-odb",
  "git-testtools",
  "git-traverse",
+ "similar",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -2899,6 +2900,9 @@ name = "similar"
 version = "2.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "62ac7f900db32bf3fd12e0117dd3dc4da74bc52ebaac97f39668446d89694803"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr 0.2.17",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
diff --git a/git-diff/Cargo.toml b/git-diff/Cargo.toml
index 23853efe91f..a42c308e58c 100644
--- a/git-diff/Cargo.toml
+++ b/git-diff/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ doctest = false
 git-hash = { version = "^0.9.9", path = "../git-hash" }
 git-object = { version = "^0.20.3", path = "../git-object" }
 thiserror = "1.0.32"
+similar = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["bytes"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 git-odb = { path = "../git-odb" }
diff --git a/git-diff/src/lib.rs b/git-diff/src/lib.rs
index e279b442a1b..e1f1d292be3 100644
--- a/git-diff/src/lib.rs
+++ b/git-diff/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 
 ///
 pub mod tree;
+
+///
+pub mod lines;
diff --git a/git-diff/src/lines.rs b/git-diff/src/lines.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebb58ddb62d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-diff/src/lines.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use git_object::bstr::BStr;
+use similar::TextDiff;
+
+/// The crate powering file diffs.
+pub use similar;
+pub use similar::Algorithm;
+
+/// Provide an iterator over the changes needed to turn `old` into `new` with `algorithm`.
+///
+/// See [the `similar` crate documentation][similar::TextDiffConfig::diff_lines()] for information on how to use the iterator.
+pub fn with<'old, 'new, 'bufs>(
+    old: &'old BStr,
+    new: &'new BStr,
+    algorithm: Algorithm,
+) -> TextDiff<'old, 'new, 'bufs, [u8]> {
+    similar::TextDiffConfig::default()
+        .algorithm(algorithm)
+        .diff_lines(old.as_ref(), new.as_ref())
+}
+
+/// Provide an iterator over the changes needed to turn `old` into `new` with Myers algorithm, the default for `git`.
+///
+/// See [the `similar` crate documentation][similar::TextDiffConfig::diff_lines()] for information on how to use the iterator.
+pub fn myers<'old, 'new, 'bufs>(old: &'old BStr, new: &'new BStr) -> TextDiff<'old, 'new, 'bufs, [u8]> {
+    with(old, new, Algorithm::Myers)
+}